Isaiah 10
1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;
わざわいなるかな、不義の判決を下す者、暴虐の宣告を書きしるす者。
2 to deprive the needy of their rights, and to rob the poor among my people of mishpat ·justice·, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the orphans their prey!
彼らは乏しい者の訴えを引き受けず、わが民のうちの貧しい者の権利をはぎ、寡婦の資産を奪い、みなしごのものをかすめる。
3 What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your kavod ·weighty glory·?
あなたがたは刑罰の日がきたなら、何をしようとするのか。大風が遠くから来るとき、何をしようとするのか。あなたがたはのがれていって、だれに助けを求めようとするのか。また、どこにあなたがたの富を残そうとするのか。
4 They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
ただ捕われた者の中にかがみ、殺された者の中に伏し倒れるのみだ。それでも主の怒りはやまず、なおも、そのみ手を伸ばされる。
5 Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
ああ、アッスリヤはわが怒りのつえ、わが憤りのむちだ。
6 I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him a enjoin to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
わたしは彼をつかわして不信の国を攻め、彼に命じてわが怒りの民を攻め、かすめ奪わせ、彼らをちまたの泥のように踏みにじらせる。
7 However he does not mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
しかし彼はそのようには思わず、その心もそのようには考えず、かえってその心は滅ぼすことを思い、あまたの国々を倒そうとする。
8 For he says, “Are not all of my princes kings?
彼は言う、「わが諸侯はみな王ではないか。
9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus [Bucket of blood]?”
カルノはカルケミシのようではないか。ハマテはアルパデのようではないか。サマリヤはダマスコのようではないか。
10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose engraved images exceeded those of Jerusalem [City of peace] and of Samaria;
わが手は偶像に仕える国々に伸びた。その彫った像はエルサレムおよびサマリヤのものにまさっていた。
11 shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem [City of peace] and her idols?
わたしはサマリヤとその偶像に行ったように、エルサレムとその偶像に行わぬであろうか」。
12 Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] and on Jerusalem [City of peace], I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria [Level plain], and the insolence of his haughty looks.
主がシオンの山とエルサレムとになそうとすることを、ことごとくなし遂げられた時、主はアッスリヤ王の無礼な言葉と、その高ぶりとを罰せられる。
13 For he has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.
彼は言う、「わが手の力により、またわが知恵によって、わたしはこれをなした。わたしは賢いからである。わたしはもろもろの民の境を除き、その財宝を奪った。またわたしは雄牛のように、位に座する者を引きおろした。
14 My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, have I gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped.”
わが手は巣を取るように、もろもろの民の富を得た。またわたしは人々が捨てられた卵を集めるように、全地を取り集めた。あるいは翼を動かし、あるいは口を開き、あるいはぺちゃくちゃ言う者もなかった」。
15 Should an ax brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
おのは、それを用いて切る者にむかって、自分を誇ることができようか。のこぎりは、それを動かす者にむかって、みずから高ぶることができようか。これはあたかも、むちが自分をあげる者を動かし、つえが木でない者をあげようとするのに等しい。
16 Therefore the Lord, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his kavod ·weighty glory· a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.
それゆえ、主、万軍の主は、その肥えた勇士の中に病気を送って衰えさせ、その栄光の下に火の燃えるような炎を燃やされる。
17 The light of Israel [God prevails] will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
イスラエルの光は火となり、その聖者は炎となり、そのいばらと、おどろとを一日のうちに焼き滅ぼす。
18 He will consume the kavod ·weighty glory· of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.
また、その林と土肥えた田畑の栄えを、魂も、からだも二つながら滅ぼし、病める者のやせ衰える時のようにされる。
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child could write their number.
その林の木の残りのものはわずかであって、わらべもそれを書きとめることができる。
20 It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel [God prevails], and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob [Supplanter] will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Adonai, the haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails], in truth.
その日にはイスラエルの残りの者と、ヤコブの家の生き残った者とは、もはや自分たちを撃った者にたよらず、真心をもってイスラエルの聖者、主にたより、
21 A remnant will make teshuvah ·complete return·, even the remnant of Jacob [Supplanter], to the mighty God.
残りの者、すなわちヤコブの残りの者は大能の神に帰る。
22 For though your people, Israel [God prevails], are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
あなたの民イスラエルは海の砂のようであっても、そのうちの残りの者だけが帰って来る。滅びはすでに定まり、義であふれている。
23 For the Lord, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], will make a full end, and that determined, throughout all the earth.
主、万軍の主は定められた滅びを全地に行われる。
24 Therefore the Lord, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], says “My people who dwell in Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], don’t be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt [Abode of slavery] did.
それゆえ、主、万軍の主はこう言われる、「シオンに住むわが民よ、アッスリヤびとが、エジプトびとがしたように、むちをもってあなたを打ち、つえをあげてあなたをせめても、彼らを恐れてはならない。
25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation against you will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed to his destruction.”
ただしばらくして、わが憤りはやみ、わが怒りは彼らを滅ぼすからである。
26 Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian [Strife] at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt [Abode of slavery].
万軍の主は、むかしミデアンびとをオレブの岩で撃たれた時のように、彼らにむかって、むちをふるわれる。またそのつえを海の上にのばし、エジプトでなされたように、それをあげられる。
27 It will happen in that day, that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
その日には、彼の重荷はあなたの肩からおり、彼のくびきはあなたの首から離れる」。彼はリンモンから上り、
28 He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage.
アイアテにきたり、ミグロンを過ぎ、ミクマシでその行李をとどめ、
29 They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul [Asked for] has fled.
渡しを過ぎて、ゲバに宿る。ラマはおののき、サウルのギベアは逃げ去った。
30 Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
ガリムの娘よ、声をあげて叫べ。ライシよ、耳を傾けよ。アナトテよ、彼に答えよ。
31 Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
マデメナは逃げ去り、ゲビムの民は隠れ場を求めた。
32 This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], the hill of Jerusalem [City of peace].
この日彼はノブに立ちとどまり、シオンの娘の山、エルサレムの丘にむかって、その手を振る。
33 Behold, the Lord, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
見よ、主、万軍の主は、恐ろしい力をもって枝を切りおろされる。たけの高いものも切り落され、そびえ立つものは低くされる。
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
主はおのをもって茂りあう林を切られる。みごとな木の茂るレバノンも倒される。
